形容词
1. The agency was a shoestring operation at first.
这家经销店刚开始时是小本经营的生意。
名词
1. He started his business on a shoestring and built it up gradually.
他以微薄的资金创业,然后慢慢发展扩大。
2.
2. They don't amount to a shoestring.
它们不值什么钱。
3. The film was made on a shoestring.
这部电影以很少的投资拍成。